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Bill	RECORDS-PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that "certifying health care professional" includes a physician assistant. Defines "physician assistant". Provides that in the absence of a certifying health care professional or with his or her approval, a medical certification may be completed and signed by a physician assistant.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	SB 3498	Illinois SB 3498 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Laura M. Murphy Randy E. Frese	3	29	2	2022-01-19	2022-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/933b4a8d-3409-49ee-b9c6-b0c497630fba	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3498&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=138450&SessionID=110&GA=102	24fcccda24593b31d103609dc8b897c7ffffabc4190729d2e158e5c16654d910	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3498 (102nd) — RECORDS-PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that "certifying health care professional" includes a physician assistant. Defines "physician assistant". Provides that in the absence of a certifying health care professional or with his or her approval, a medical certification may be completed and signed by a physician assistant.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laura M. Murphy — primary (person)
• Randy E. Frese — primary (person)
• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
• John Connor — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2022-01-19 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy filing
• 2022-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-01-19 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2022-01-28 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
• 2022-02-01 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
• 2022-02-10 Do Pass Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-02-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 15, 2022
• 2022-02-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-02-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 16, 2022
• 2022-02-16 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-16 Arrived in House introduction
• 2022-02-17 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
• 2022-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-02-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-07 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2022-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-03-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2022-03-31 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2022-03-31 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2022-03-31 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2022-04-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2022-05-13 Effective Date January 1, 2023
• 2022-05-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0844 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/933b4a8d-3409-49ee-b9c6-b0c497630fba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).